[ Olie K. Teeter, Jr., wrote in 051007 MMDigest:

>  I can't find anything that tells me who made it or when. ...

Olie,  There should be a significant amount of information about your
new organ on my web site devoted to Roller Organs. To help you with
identification, there are specific pictures at:

  http://www.rollerorgans.com/Roller_Organ_Gallery.htm 

You are correct in assuming that yours is a pressure-operated machine.
It is made by The Autophone Co., of Ithaca, New York, as are all these
organettes employing the roller or "cob" which they patented.  Sometimes
the manufacturing date is handwritten or stamped on the bottom of the
bellows, but is often also written on the edge of the reed block.
(The organ must be partially disassembled to view it.)  If not, there
are some minor manufacturing changes which might help identify the date
range; if you wish to correspond with me I might be able to help.

The Autophone Co. used native woods for their construction, and the
wood finishes on their early machines may be quite beautiful.  Other
than a thorough cleaning, I would not recommend any refinishing in most
cases.  But if absolutely necessary, I have used a very thin coat of
tung oil to return the luster to a poor finish.

Rebuilding is no different from other pressure organettes, but I cannot
think of an "ideal" reference for pressure rebuilding of organettes.
There is significant information within the MMD archives, and many
books with general bellows repair sections include a discussion of
pressure bellows.

You may be interested in my book on the history, advertising, design,
etc., of roller organs: "Roller Organs, The Autophone Company's
'Ingenious Mechanism'".  You may see specific information at
http://www.rollerorgans.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=159

And feel free to correspond with further questions -- I enjoy talking
about these instruments!

Todd Augsburger - Roller Organs
http://www.rollerorgans.com/